State v. Steward

THIS OPINION HAS NO
PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.  IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY
PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 239(d)(2), SCACR

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

John Stewart, Appellant.

Appeal From Berkeley County

  Deadra L. Jefferson, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2007-UP-398

Submitted September 1, 2007 – Filed
September 25, 2007  

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Aileen P. Clare, of Columbia; and John Stewart,
of Ridgeville, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott,;
all of Columbia, Ralph E. Hoisington, of Charleston, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Stewart appeals from his guilty plea to voluntary
manslaughter, arguing is thirty year sentence is disproportionate to the crime
committed.   Stewart also filed a pro se brief, arguing his
counsel was ineffective.  After
a thorough review of the record, counsel’s brief, and Stewart’s pro se brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and State
v. Williams, 305 S.C. 116, 406 S.E.2d 357 (1991), we dismiss Stewart’s
appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.[1]

APPEAL DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J., and HUFF and KITTREDGE, JJ., concur.

[1] We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to
Rule 215, SCACR.